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going to be joined by campaign for america's future. robert borosage to talk to larry summers at the top of the hour. milton valencia from "the boston globe" about the whitey bulger trial. three great reasons for sticking around. [ ♪ theme ] >> bill: on a tuesday morning, august 13, good morning and welcome. welcome to the "full court press" right here on current tv. coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c. our job is to bring you up to date on the news of the day and your job is to tell us what you think about it all. 1-866-55-press. our toll free number. you can join us on twitter at bpshow and on facebook at facebook.com/billpressshow. there is a lot of news on the law enforcement front on at least three different areas yesterday. starting off with attorney general eric holder out in san francisco telling the american bar association that there are too many people in too many prisons for too long for too little. and he wants to change the mandatory minimum sen
going to be joined by campaign for america's future. robert borosage to talk to larry summers at the top of the hour. milton valencia from "the boston globe" about the whitey bulger trial. three great reasons for sticking around. [ ♪ theme ] >> bill: on a tuesday morning, august 13, good morning and welcome. welcome to the "full court press" right here on current tv. coming to you live all the way across this great land of ours from our studio on capitol hill in...
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anymore once al jazeera america goes live. they're trying to attract kind of a viewer who is interested in international news and wants to get, you know, the kind of broadview, not exactly punditry at night. >> bill: can i ask the politically incorrect question -- >> certainly. >> is it going to stop you? >> bill: what the hell, they didn't hire me so i can ask any question i want. do you think that most americans across the land here will watch a channel called al jazeera? >> right now? >> bill: america. >> it is really unclear. honestly, they're only on 48 million -- they're only in 48 million homes. >> bill: that's a lot though. >> but they're missing time-warner cable. a lot of the bigger names. you know, is somebody going to go seek out the channel on the dial? current tv didn't have a great dial position in a lot of places and neither will al jazeera. >> bill: it will be worse. >> it won't be easy to find. as a viewer, will have to seek t out. i haven't seen numbers to indicate the level of interest. people seem generall
anymore once al jazeera america goes live. they're trying to attract kind of a viewer who is interested in international news and wants to get, you know, the kind of broadview, not exactly punditry at night. >> bill: can i ask the politically incorrect question -- >> certainly. >> is it going to stop you? >> bill: what the hell, they didn't hire me so i can ask any question i want. do you think that most americans across the land here will watch a channel called al...
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find out more about their good work, making america happen at afscme.org. that's afscme.org. you know, we stay right in the middle on this program here. we don't show our bias one way or the other. we're -- right down the middle and so in the spirit of being right down the middle, let me say introducing our next guest that i believe there are 435 members of congress. if we sent 334 of them home and just had john conyers there and let him make the ultimate decision on everything, every issue that came before the congress, we would be better off as americans. that's how much i agree with congressman john conyers. it is great to see you, congressman. >> top of the morning to you. and that's exactly -- >> bill: why aren't you in charge of everything? >> that's what i try to do. and to me, the wonderful thing about this job, i think got every day -- i thank god every day that i'm able to work on the kinds of issues that i want to work on. everybody doesn't exactly love their job. people ask me, are you thinking about running again? i said of course, that's my job. to be here, tryi
find out more about their good work, making america happen at afscme.org. that's afscme.org. you know, we stay right in the middle on this program here. we don't show our bias one way or the other. we're -- right down the middle and so in the spirit of being right down the middle, let me say introducing our next guest that i believe there are 435 members of congress. if we sent 334 of them home and just had john conyers there and let him make the ultimate decision on everything, every issue...
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. >> bill: it's interesting that he's even won the support of media matters for america. left-leaning organization whose founder david brock wrote a letter to the two networks saying they ought to rethink this because it raised questions of fairness and potential conflict of interest. and then maureen dowd yesterday in the "new york times" saying on this one issue, reince priebus was right. >> it absolutely does. it's going to be a tough race to begin with but i think even if this does happen, and they don't pull these -- this doc and this mini series, young people especially are going to decide for themselves in this election. i don't know how much sway a doc or mini series is going to have but it is still definitely something to be concerned about. >> bill: no doubt they do have an impact. they do have an impact. so here's what i want you to do next is go out and track down chris christie and rand paul, okay, and make that your next challenge. get some good stuff and tell us about it. >> oh, absolutely. >> bill: this is a fun kind of contest to watch. >> it's only going
. >> bill: it's interesting that he's even won the support of media matters for america. left-leaning organization whose founder david brock wrote a letter to the two networks saying they ought to rethink this because it raised questions of fairness and potential conflict of interest. and then maureen dowd yesterday in the "new york times" saying on this one issue, reince priebus was right. >> it absolutely does. it's going to be a tough race to begin with but i think even...
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wet it, america! awful slinger/dancer/lady beater chris brown sent a tweet that said don't worry, mainstream america, after this next album, it will probably be my last. no more chris brown. he expanded on his bombshell saying being famous is amazing when it is for your music and talent. i'm tired of being famous for a mistake i made when i was 18. i'm cool and i'm over it. see, he's cool and he's over it. >> bill: if you don't believe it, just ask him. >> farewell, chris brown. >> bill: will he really quit? >> probably not. >> bill: we wouldn't be so lucky. want to ask you, want to start off this morning, ask you about a little controversy brewing here on the political front over nbc and cnn and their plans to produce pretty soon, to get out in theatres and get out on television, documentaries about hillary rodham clinton. it's got republicans all upset. we talked a little about this. i did my parting shot on this yesterday. the chairman of the republican national committee has come out and expressed
wet it, america! awful slinger/dancer/lady beater chris brown sent a tweet that said don't worry, mainstream america, after this next album, it will probably be my last. no more chris brown. he expanded on his bombshell saying being famous is amazing when it is for your music and talent. i'm tired of being famous for a mistake i made when i was 18. i'm cool and i'm over it. see, he's cool and he's over it. >> bill: if you don't believe it, just ask him. >> farewell, chris brown....
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mainly, it is enroll america. which is a c3 nonprofit, nonpolitical group that has a lot -- i think -- at this point, hundreds of staff on the ground in states like this. in states like missouri where the government -- where the local republican conservative government says no way, we're not doing anything to help you, mr. president. so they're the ones on the ground going door-to-door, they're letting people know that this is an option starting october 1st. >> bill: it is just insane that finally, after trying to do this for 100 years, we get some kind of universal health insurance so that all of these millions and millions and millions of americans who have never been able to afford health insurance and do not get it as part of their job can finally have access to health insurance for their families. the state that they live in is trying to make it impossible for them to do so. >> it is not even the worst of it. you have folks like americans for prosperity and all of these other groups who are encouraging young
mainly, it is enroll america. which is a c3 nonprofit, nonpolitical group that has a lot -- i think -- at this point, hundreds of staff on the ground in states like this. in states like missouri where the government -- where the local republican conservative government says no way, we're not doing anything to help you, mr. president. so they're the ones on the ground going door-to-door, they're letting people know that this is an option starting october 1st. >> bill: it is just insane...
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. >> obama: america is not interested on spying ordinary people. we're focused on finding the information necessary to protect our people and in many cases protect our allies. >> bill: but it still remains to be said and shown how collecting information on every single phone call made in the united states by every single american who places the call, how long the call is and who they're calling, hard to see how that helps us find a terrorist in the middle east. remember last week this whole new terror scare that we found out about, took action, closed those embassies, nothing to do with this domestic spying program. that domestic spying program did not help one damn bit. i join republicans and democrats in congress. you've got people in congress like john conyers on the left, and james sensenbrenner on the right. you have dick durbin on the left and rand paul on the right all saying there have to be limits to this data collection, and there should be probable cause or some sufficient reason for going after those phone data on a particular person be
. >> obama: america is not interested on spying ordinary people. we're focused on finding the information necessary to protect our people and in many cases protect our allies. >> bill: but it still remains to be said and shown how collecting information on every single phone call made in the united states by every single american who places the call, how long the call is and who they're calling, hard to see how that helps us find a terrorist in the middle east. remember last week...
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in america, under president dennis van rockel. you bet. bob cusack from the hill, managing editor, is in studio with us this hour, and we are very pleased to be joined by phone from los angeles. a good friend of mine. at a dinner once i introduced congress woman maxine waters as hotter than high school love. congress woman good morning. >> good morning, bill. so good to talk to you. how are you doing? >> bill: i got to tell you, it's early on the west coast, we doubly appreciate you being with us this morning. >> well, you are certainly welcome. >> bill: eric holder announced that the department of justice was going to do something about this mandatory minimum sentencing. i have heard you talk about this for so long. this has been your issue. you must have been pleased to hear the department of justice join your fight. >> i was, absolutely. i have been working on this for about 15 years, and i was very pleased that attorney general holder made the decision that they weren't going to even wait to try to go through the legislative p
in america, under president dennis van rockel. you bet. bob cusack from the hill, managing editor, is in studio with us this hour, and we are very pleased to be joined by phone from los angeles. a good friend of mine. at a dinner once i introduced congress woman maxine waters as hotter than high school love. congress woman good morning. >> good morning, bill. so good to talk to you. how are you doing? >> bill: i got to tell you, it's early on the west coast, we doubly appreciate you...
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the united steelworkers, north america's largest industrial union representing over 1.2 million active and retired members and you can find out about their good work at usw.org. we're proud to come to you on your local progressive station and nothing changes as far as that goes. radio stays the same. all the way through. don't have to worry about that. on tv, it is going to be a big change. current tv disappears august 15 but as of september 3, you can watch us, not just listen to us, you can watch us two ways. online at freespeech.org. and on television on your satellite dish either dish network or the directv. okay? and if you want to find out more information and all about this great free speech tv which we're joining us, tom hartman, amemy goodman, freespeech.org give you all of the possibilities. we'll continue to be on your local progressive talk radio station and for viewers, two choices now. online freespeech.org or on your -- if you've got a satellite dish, dish network and on directv. >> one quick note because she gave us a head's up because she use the dish network. look for
the united steelworkers, north america's largest industrial union representing over 1.2 million active and retired members and you can find out about their good work at usw.org. we're proud to come to you on your local progressive station and nothing changes as far as that goes. radio stays the same. all the way through. don't have to worry about that. on tv, it is going to be a big change. current tv disappears august 15 but as of september 3, you can watch us, not just listen to us, you can...